The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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... elderly people that it is a perpetual marvel in the depths of their consciousness that they themselves have at last become what they have so long watched in others , what they have for so long quarrelled with , criticized , pitied ...
... elderly people that it is a perpetual marvel in the depths of their consciousness that they themselves have at last become what they have so long watched in others , what they have for so long quarrelled with , criticized , pitied ...
Page 195
... elderly Englishman may very naturally look towards China ! In the size of her population , from what I hear , China surpasses the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. rolled into one ; while the success of her resistance to the invader - especially ...
... elderly Englishman may very naturally look towards China ! In the size of her population , from what I hear , China surpasses the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. rolled into one ; while the success of her resistance to the invader - especially ...
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... elderly Chinaman , looking down from that Himalayan ridge upon the wholesome anarchy of an at - last - malleable world , has already explained to his elderly British friend , what would make a com- pletely different thing - and even a ...
... elderly Chinaman , looking down from that Himalayan ridge upon the wholesome anarchy of an at - last - malleable world , has already explained to his elderly British friend , what would make a com- pletely different thing - and even a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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